It’s time for monthly patching, and for once everything is running according to plan, reports an IT pilot fish on the scene.

“Once complete, I sent out notice to everyone — almost all developers, with a few testers thrown in for good measure — to test their servers and applications and let me know of any issues,” fish says.

“All according to SOP.

“Then I got a reply from a developer complaining that his application was denying him access. The screenshot he sent was clearly from his application, and clearly stated that the credentials he used do not have permissions to use the application: Username not found. Access denied at application level.

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